What types of jobs did the Germans hold once they got to America?
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-Hundreds of thousands of the newest German immigrants made their way to America's farm country, where they helped form the backbone of the nation's agriculture.

-German Americans were employed in many urban craft trades, especially baking, carpentry, and the needle trades.

-Many German Americans worked in factories founded by the new generation of German American industrialists, such as John Bausch and Henry Lomb, who created external image images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCIJDlHiZxiE6d44t8Iz4oGYpOZFCdH3N67xufrcOaCqhO-OPOzAthe first American optical company; Steinway, Knabe and Schnabel (pianos); Rockefeller (petroleum); Studebaker and Chrysler (cars); H.J. Heinz (food); and Frederick Weyerhaeuser (lumber).